What is an Alias?

An Alias (Token) is created during a payment or registration process. In order to be able to charge a consumer multiple times without having to require all the payment details again, the Alias can be used. In a typical E-Commerce application the alias would be saved in the consumers merchant profile as a registered payment method.

Supported use cases

• Cardholder initiated payments (One Click Checkout)
• Merchant initiated payments (Subscriptions, monthly billing)

Alias format

The following table shows the payment methods supporting Alias payments:

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Important notes

• For payment methods marked with a * make sure the alias option is active by contacting the corresponding payment method provider.

• AN20 Format may be shorter than twenty characters and may contain dash characters